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How did know you wanted to be a sister?
I gradually came to realize that I wanted to give my life to the service of others. Once I came to this realization I looked for ways to do it. When I saw the Daughters of Charity serve, they were happy to be doing it and they personally related to the people they served. They also cared about one another. I realized this was a group I could join and I would find others doing the same. – Sr. Mary Frances Barnes
Great question! I was 25 years old, working, in a serious relationship when I met the Daughters of Charity where I worked. Over time, I became more and more attracted to these wonderful, holy women, yet really wanted to be married and have a family of my own. Paying attention to God’s stirrings within me and believing somehow that God was calling me to be a Daughter, I made some very difficult decisions and decided to give it a try, all the while thinking I might be making a big mistake. Here I am, nearly forty years later, and I wouldn’t change a minute of what has evolved from that decision. Who would have ever thought it? Surely not I! - Sister Maura Hobart
I attended a School of Nursing staffed by the Daughters of Charity and was very attracted by their evident commitment to serve those most in need. Through personal prayer and discernment, I came to believe that God was calling me to commit my life to service in the Church as a Daughter of Charity. - Sister Marilyn Perkins
